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This publication is issued by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, as authorized by the Commissioner of Health. Copies have
been deposited with the Publications Clearinghouse of the Department of Libraries. The Notice is only available on our Web site at
http://hfs.health.ok.gov. Click the ‘Certificate of Need Laws, Forms, Rules and Reports’ link on the left side of page.
THE NOTICE
March 2014
Fingerprint Based Background Checks in Long Term Care!
The Department has proposed the promulgation of new rules in the procedures of the Department of Health as required in amendments to the Long Term Care Security Act (Title 63 O.S. § 1-1944 et. seq.), as adopted in 2012, House Bill 2582. This bill authorized fingerprint based criminal history background checks on those applicants who would be employed in a variety of long–term care settings as defined in the law at Title 63 O.S. Section 1-1945(4). The new rules prescribe effective dates beginning in February 2014. Providers must complete an account application for OK-SCREEN, the Department’s Internet based web-screening portal, authorized in the law.
For an application, training materials and more information, see the program website here: http://onbc.health.ok.gov.
Follow this link to see the proposed rules: Chapter 2, Procedures of the Oklahoma State Department of Health, November 8, 2013 (70 KB pdf)
Certificate of Need matters considered by Health Resources Development Service (HRDS) are reported in The Notice. Comments, evidence, and requests regarding these projects should be sent to the Department at the address and phone number above.
The Department provides Long Term Care Survey inspection reports on-line. A link is available on the HRDS Web page at http://hrds.health.ok.gov.
I. ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FROM FEBRUARY 5, 2014 THROUGH MARCH 7, 2014, WERE AS FOLLOWS:
CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPLICATIONS APPROVED
Heavener Nursing Center #13-032. Contact Person: Carrie Butnedrf, Ph: 405-232-8700. Heavener Nursing Home, Inc. d/b/a Heavener Nursing Center, Vian, Oklahoma has applied to the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) for permission to acquire by purchase Heavener Nursing Center, a forty-one (41) bed Nursing Facility located at 95112 South 4506 Road, Vian, Oklahoma. Heavener Nursing Home, Inc. is owned (one-hundred percent) 100% by Bradford Montgomery. Date Filed: November 14, 2013. Complete: November 26, 2013. Deadline for notice of intent to participate: December 26, 2013. Decision Due: February 10, 2014. Approved: February 5, 2014.
Health Facility Systems
1000 NE 10th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73117
Phone (405) 271-6868
Fax (405) 271-7360

This publication is issued by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, as authorized by the Commissioner of Health. Copies have
been deposited with the Publications Clearinghouse of the Department of Libraries. The Notice is only available on our Web site at
http://hfs.health.ok.gov. Click the ‘Certificate of Need Laws, Forms, Rules and Reports’ link on the left side of page.
THE NOTICE
March 2014
Fingerprint Based Background Checks in Long Term Care!
The Department has proposed the promulgation of new rules in the procedures of the Department of Health as required in amendments to the Long Term Care Security Act (Title 63 O.S. § 1-1944 et. seq.), as adopted in 2012, House Bill 2582. This bill authorized fingerprint based criminal history background checks on those applicants who would be employed in a variety of long–term care settings as defined in the law at Title 63 O.S. Section 1-1945(4). The new rules prescribe effective dates beginning in February 2014. Providers must complete an account application for OK-SCREEN, the Department’s Internet based web-screening portal, authorized in the law.
For an application, training materials and more information, see the program website here: http://onbc.health.ok.gov.
Follow this link to see the proposed rules: Chapter 2, Procedures of the Oklahoma State Department of Health, November 8, 2013 (70 KB pdf)
Certificate of Need matters considered by Health Resources Development Service (HRDS) are reported in The Notice. Comments, evidence, and requests regarding these projects should be sent to the Department at the address and phone number above.
The Department provides Long Term Care Survey inspection reports on-line. A link is available on the HRDS Web page at http://hrds.health.ok.gov.
I. ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FROM FEBRUARY 5, 2014 THROUGH MARCH 7, 2014, WERE AS FOLLOWS:
CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPLICATIONS APPROVED
Heavener Nursing Center #13-032. Contact Person: Carrie Butnedrf, Ph: 405-232-8700. Heavener Nursing Home, Inc. d/b/a Heavener Nursing Center, Vian, Oklahoma has applied to the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) for permission to acquire by purchase Heavener Nursing Center, a forty-one (41) bed Nursing Facility located at 95112 South 4506 Road, Vian, Oklahoma. Heavener Nursing Home, Inc. is owned (one-hundred percent) 100% by Bradford Montgomery. Date Filed: November 14, 2013. Complete: November 26, 2013. Deadline for notice of intent to participate: December 26, 2013. Decision Due: February 10, 2014. Approved: February 5, 2014.
Health Facility Systems
1000 NE 10th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73117
Phone (405) 271-6868
Fax (405) 271-7360